Ha Ha Tonka will bring southern comfort

September 3rd, 2010 | By Benjamin Zeledon

Born from the doom and gloom of the Ozarks, a little band from Springfield, Missouri comes to Gardner tonight. Get ready for Ha Ha Tonka to invade with their old-school southern rock sounds. A touch of Skynyrd and a dash of grit in their music make them rising stars in the revitalized southern rock scene....

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RACE exhibit highlights social constructions and beliefs

September 3rd, 2010 | By Devin Ross and Marcus Eagan

This past weekend, as a part of New Student Orientation (NSO) Grinnellians were bused to the Science Center of Iowa, located in Des Moines, to view an exhibit entitled “RACE: Are We So Different?” The exhibit was developed by the American Anthropological Association and the Science Museum of Minnesota as a way to convey the...

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Students see collection through curator’s eyes

September 3rd, 2010 | By Tyrone Greenfield and Hanna Feldman

Daniel Strong wants you to see art through the eyes of a museum curator. Strong, who is the Associate Director of Grinnell’s Faulconer Gallery, curated the four simultaneous exhibitions that are now on display at Faulconer and spoke about the process last Tuesday. Strong explained how curators examine individual artists’ collections in galleries and how...

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Javanese gamelan drums up new students

September 3rd, 2010 | By Nate Powell-Palm and Dilan Ustek

Sitting in Room 257 in Bucksbaum, where instrument-lined walls tell the story of music from every land, the members of Javanese Gamelan Ensemble are tapping, smacking, beating and swaying to the most alternative music west of the Mississippi. As first-years carefully concentrate on their mallets, the more experienced members confidently lay down heavy beats. The...

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Concert brings alum, rock

May 14th, 2010 | By Elizabeth Pearce

This past Saturday prior to waltz, several Minneapolis bands played a show in Gardner for those uninterested in or bored with waltz pre-parties but still with a little leftover Alice in their systems. Food Pyramid is an experimental band featuring Chris Farstad [’09] on the drums. As yet unsigned to any record label, the band’s...

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New sound for the last show

May 14th, 2010 | By Emily Bajet

Next Friday, Chicago-based band Blane Fonda will be performing in Gardner at 8 p.m. Having formed little over a year ago from two other Chicago bands, Blane Fonda offers an upbeat but melodramatic take on a fusion of sounds, melodies and rhythms that will arouse the crowd in more ways than one. “We all listen to...

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Paul Harding discusses writing and winning

May 14th, 2010 | By Daniel Agostino

Paul Harding is a writer from the Boston, MA area, who recently won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his first novel “Tinkers.” He is a graduate and visiting professor at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and has also taught at Harvard University. This past semester he has been a visiting professor teaching a short...

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Baharatnatyan dance promotes peace

May 7th, 2010 | By Eliza-Eve Leas

Courtney Moore Nehha Bhatnagar dances Thursday in the Flanagan Studio Theater. Her performance worked to portray peace-building and diplomacy, and was brought to Grinnell by the Department of Theater & Dance and the Office of International Student Affairs. Bhatnagar is a professional Bharatnatyam dancer, which is a form of dance from South India. She has studied also...

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Crafty students sell their wares

May 7th, 2010 | By Christian Caminiti

At the third annual Craft Fair, students were given the rare opportunity to not only put their artwork on display, but also put it up for sale. Homemade pieces ranging from the culinary—tiny cakes and doughnuts, to the sartorial—a chainlink vest, to the practical—haircuts, were all showcased in JRC 101 last Sunday for interested buyers.

Founded...

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Gillian Hemme plays three Grinnell-inspired characters

May 7th, 2010 | By Katherine Chung

Despite comprising a large percentage of the population in the town of Grinnell, students at Grinnell College seldom get the opportunity to learn about the lives of the townspeople. Gillian Hemme ’10 is changing that through her one-woman show Clean Start, which premiered last Friday.

Hemme began writing the script for Clean Start as...

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